Cluster of ulceroglandular tularemia cases in Slovenia

Tereza Rojko; Miša Korva; Stanka Lotrič-Furlan; Franc Strle; Tatjana Avšič-Županc

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.016

Cluster of ulceroglandular tularemia cases in Slovenia

Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2016 Oct;7(6):1193-1197. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.016. Epub 2016 Jul 29.

Authors

Tereza Rojko¹, Miša Korva², Stanka Lotrič-Furlan³, Franc Strle³, Tatjana Avšič-Županc²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Electronic address: Tereza.Rojko@kclj.si.
² Institute for Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Zaloška 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Japljeva 2, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

PMID: 27496749
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.07.016

Abstract

In Slovenia, a small Central European country, where tularemia cases are very rare and mostly sporadic, six cases of ulceroglandular tularemia were recognised in 2012-2013 in patients residing in or visiting a small geographical area of <6km². Epidemiological data indicated transmission by a tick bite in at least 3/6 patients.

Keywords: Cluster; Francisella tularensis; Slovenia; Ticks; Tularemia.

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Skin Ulcer
Slovenia / epidemiology
Tularemia / epidemiology*